KILLYBEGS DEMESNE (KD013-036—-)

A potential trivallate enclosure, visible as a series of semicircular cropmarks, was discovered in March 2019 using Google Earth imagery. This was reported to the National Monuments Service in April 2019 and allocated the monument number KD013-036—-, and classed as an enclosure.

The cropmarks appear in imagery from 2013 and 2018 and are very regular. They are centred on the present house – possibly pointing to landscaping features as mentioned in the HEV notes below. There are other cropmarks to the south-west that likely represent landscaping features associated with the demesne. However, the present house that is situated roughly at the centre of these curving cropmarks is a relatively modern house. The original Killybegs House was to the south-west and its orientation does not suggest any relationship to this feature. Therefore, the possibility remains that these cropmarks could represent an early medieval trivallate ringfort, which would be significant. Just 200 meters to the south of these cropmarks is a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD013-019005-), within which is a ruined medieval church (KD013-019002-).